Peace be upon you. Does a woman need to be properly covered as in prayer to perform the prostration of gratitude? Must the prostration of gratitude be directed towards the Qibla? Does a woman need to be in a state of ablution? Can she say anything during the prostration of gratitude, for example, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you, O Allah'?
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And peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may Allah protect him):
1, 2, 3) In the case mentioned, it is not required for her.
4) There is no specific mention required; however, it is recommended to say: 'Thank you, Allah' or 'Thank you, thank you' a hundred times, and it suffices to say it three times, or even just once.
The best thing to say during it is what was narrated from our master Al-Kadhim (peace be upon him):
'Say while you are in prostration: O Allah, I bear witness to You, and I bear witness to Your angels, Your prophets, Your messengers, and all Your creation: that You are Allah, my Lord, and Islam is my religion, and Muhammad is my prophet, and Ali, Hasan, and Husayn - counting them to the end - are my Imams, with them I take my allegiance, and I disavow from their enemies. O Allah, I beseech You for the blood of the oppressed - three times -
O Allah, I beseech You by Your sheltering Yourself from Your enemies to destroy them by our hands and the hands of the believers. O Allah, I beseech You by Your sheltering Yourself for Your allies to grant them victory over Your enemy and their enemy, to send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the protectors from the family of Muhammad - three times - O Allah, I ask You for ease after hardship; three times. Then place your right cheek on the ground and say: O my refuge when the sects confuse me, and the earth constricts upon me despite its vastness, O Creator of my creation, have mercy on me, and You were in no need of Your creation, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the protectors from the family of Muhammad. Then place your left cheek on the ground and say: O You who humbles every tyrant and honors every humiliated one, I have reached my utmost - three times - then say: O Compassionate, O Benefactor, O Remover of great calamities, then return to prostration and say a hundred times: Thank you, thank you, then ask for your need, and it will be fulfilled, if Allah wills.'
Source: Special Inquiry.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may Allah protect him):
It is not a condition for the prostration of gratitude to be in a state of purity from minor or major impurities, nor to face the Qibla, nor for the place of prostration to be pure, nor for covering, nor for the qualities of the covering. It is recommended to mention the obligatory remembrance in the prostration of prayer.
Source: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, Issue 655.
May you be successful in all good.